Instructor Spotlight: Meet the Lead Instructor for MakerSquare LA, Alex Jeng
Alex Jeng, Lead Instructor for MakerSquare LA, has always been involved in teaching, whether it was at Princeton Review or tutoring 5th graders. He continued on this path serving as Hack Reactor’s...
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Javascript Guru and Head of Curriculum, Kyle Simpson Presents at JS.LA
Last week, MakerSquare Head of Curriculum and JavaScript Guru Kyle Simpson, visited LA to speak at JS.LA, LA’s premier JavaScript MeetUp hosted by Fullscreen. Kyle presented on Concurrency in...
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Instructor Spotlight: Meet the Class Mentor for MakerSquare LA, Kalisa Falzone
Kalisa Falzone might say her primary skill set lies mainly in the field of Mathematics, where she has spent countless hours studying and learning about the subject; even earning her B.S. in Math....
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Why this WordPress Developer Enrolled in a Coding School
After graduating with a degree in physics, Quinton Aiken was on track to pursue a career in chemical engineering. However, after witnessing the creativity and freedom his friends had in web...
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Announcing Fulcrum: A New Self-Guided Offering for Intermediate Coders
Fulcrum is a powerful new online course, combining self-guided assignments with a supportive community, one-on-one check-ins, and an online help desk to get you unstuck when you need it. Fulcrum is...
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Programming the Future: Student Startup Crawl 2015 Recap
Last week, in recognition of Computer Science Education Week, MakerSquare Austin partnered with Globaloria to welcome over 100 area middle and high school students to tour some of Austin’s hottest...
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MakerSquare Austin Graduates Cohort 24
With the beginning of the new year, we say goodbye to one awesome group of programming students as another class of developers begins. It’s hard to believe that it has already been 12 weeks, and that...
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Why this Front-End Engineer Enrolled in a Coding Bootcamp
Like many applicants, Chris Ha started programming well before submitting his application to MakerSquare. During an internship at an ad agency about 5 years ago, Chris began by learning Flash, and...
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From Staff To MakerSquare Student – An Interview With Rachel Jenkins
Rachel Jenkins is currently a senior in the MakerSquare 28 Cohort, but one wouldn’t have to venture too far into the past to find Rachel playing a pivotal role behind the scenes. Indeed, Rachel was...
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Why This High School Teacher Left the Classroom to Learn How to Code
Salman Oskooi has always had a deep fondness for math and science, and began his collegiate experience with that as his focus, ready to embark on a career in engineering. In his home state of...
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Learning Javascript, Deeply
Kyle Simpson is a fixture in the JavaScript ecosystem. He is a seasoned JavaScript developer, an open web evangelist and now, a full-time educator who teaches his students how to deeply understand...
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5 Strategies to Make the Most of a Coding Bootcamp: Notes From a Former...
While studying cognitive psychology as a PhD candidate at Harvard, Brian Atwood became intimately familiar with the world of academia. He explained that progress is slow and fraught with uncertainty,...
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How To Choose A Coding Bootcamp
Coding bootcamps are here to stay and with more and more options available than ever, choosing the ideal coding bootcamp for you is almost as hard as the preparation for it. We’re proud to be a part...
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Learn JavaScript Part-time In San Francisco – Introducing MakerSquare Excel
MakerSquare SF has just launched an exciting new JavaScript course for beginners with no prior coding experience, MakerSquare Excel. It is a development of their previous preparatory program;...
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MakerSquare launches 4th Campus – In New York City!
Over the past 3 years, the MakerSquare School of Software Engineering has worked tirelessly to craft over 500 exceptional software engineers in Austin, San Francisco and Los Angeles with a job...
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Announcing Fulcrum: A New Self-Guided Offering for Intermediate Coders
Fulcrum is a powerful new online course, combining self-guided assignments with a supportive community, one-on-one check-ins, and an online help desk to get you unstuck when you need it. Fulcrum is...
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Report: Bootcamp Grads Earn More Than PhDs Globally
In a world where knowledge is becoming more democratized every day, credentials are starting to carry less weight. Add that to the severe talent shortages at today’s most advanced tech companies and...
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Announcing MakerSquare Continuing Education
Our mission has always been about “creating the best outcomes-focused schools on the planet.” Often times successful outcomes come in the form of jobs, but in order for software engineers to stay...
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LA Events Round-Up
It’s no surprise Los Angeles has been and continues to be one of the leaders in the flourishing tech scene (and if this is a surprise to you, read this). With the tech boom happening in the City of...
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Free Intro to Coding classes in Boston, Chicago, and San Jose!
MakerSquare is launching free Intro to Coding classes in Boston, Chicago, and San Jose! On the heels of the announcement of MakerSquare New York City, we are excited to share that this summer we...
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